Zainab Afzal
@xainabafzal.bsky.social
Developmental biology/Environmental toxins sciencing at NCCU,Toubleshootin expert in z makin #myScienceDiaries and poet at heart #mOodyWriter, previously #GradStudent at Stowers Institute/KuMedCenter
My review paper is out!
As we all navigate through life's yin yang, here is my humble attempt at a scientific yin yang 😀
authors.elsevier.com/a/1m9aT2mzTk...
Trying to showcase my love for developmental biology and strolling on a bridge to a new interest in toxicology 🥰😃
#ThankfulThursday
As we all navigate through life's yin yang, here is my humble attempt at a scientific yin yang 😀
authors.elsevier.com/a/1m9aT2mzTk...
Trying to showcase my love for developmental biology and strolling on a bridge to a new interest in toxicology 🥰😃
#ThankfulThursday
November 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
My review paper is out!
As we all navigate through life's yin yang, here is my humble attempt at a scientific yin yang 😀
authors.elsevier.com/a/1m9aT2mzTk...
Trying to showcase my love for developmental biology and strolling on a bridge to a new interest in toxicology 🥰😃
#ThankfulThursday
As we all navigate through life's yin yang, here is my humble attempt at a scientific yin yang 😀
authors.elsevier.com/a/1m9aT2mzTk...
Trying to showcase my love for developmental biology and strolling on a bridge to a new interest in toxicology 🥰😃
#ThankfulThursday
My fav kinds a science exchanges😀
A seminar invite, Susanna Brantley, PhD, perfectly timed to explain importance of BMP signaling history n inspiring our students 😍
Explaining my research to high skoolers. Watching future scientists get excited about dev bio n d joyful squeals of "real baby fish"😍
A seminar invite, Susanna Brantley, PhD, perfectly timed to explain importance of BMP signaling history n inspiring our students 😍
Explaining my research to high skoolers. Watching future scientists get excited about dev bio n d joyful squeals of "real baby fish"😍
September 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
My fav kinds a science exchanges😀
A seminar invite, Susanna Brantley, PhD, perfectly timed to explain importance of BMP signaling history n inspiring our students 😍
Explaining my research to high skoolers. Watching future scientists get excited about dev bio n d joyful squeals of "real baby fish"😍
A seminar invite, Susanna Brantley, PhD, perfectly timed to explain importance of BMP signaling history n inspiring our students 😍
Explaining my research to high skoolers. Watching future scientists get excited about dev bio n d joyful squeals of "real baby fish"😍
Beautiful work.. these lil ones are so neat.. still in love with their pink colored egg shells 😍😍
Congratses @accorsi-alice.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉🥳🥳🥳
Congratses @accorsi-alice.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉🥳🥳🥳
Snails with human-like eyes?!
Published in @natcomms.nature.com, the @planaria1.bsky.social & @accorsi-alice.bsky.social Labs have established apple snails as a novel model for studying vision restoration. They have complex camera-type eyes & the ability to regrow them in 28 days: bit.ly/4mvaxkq
Published in @natcomms.nature.com, the @planaria1.bsky.social & @accorsi-alice.bsky.social Labs have established apple snails as a novel model for studying vision restoration. They have complex camera-type eyes & the ability to regrow them in 28 days: bit.ly/4mvaxkq
August 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Beautiful work.. these lil ones are so neat.. still in love with their pink colored egg shells 😍😍
Congratses @accorsi-alice.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉🥳🥳🥳
Congratses @accorsi-alice.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉🥳🥳🥳
Reposted by Zainab Afzal
A new feature in @iflscience.com explores how researchers in the @planaria1.bsky.social & @accorsi-alice.bsky.social Labs uncovered the apple snail’s remarkable ability to regrow its eyes & what that could mean for human #medicine. Originally published in @natcomms.nature.com.
🔗 bit.ly/4lbdTId
🔗 bit.ly/4lbdTId
August 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
A new feature in @iflscience.com explores how researchers in the @planaria1.bsky.social & @accorsi-alice.bsky.social Labs uncovered the apple snail’s remarkable ability to regrow its eyes & what that could mean for human #medicine. Originally published in @natcomms.nature.com.
🔗 bit.ly/4lbdTId
🔗 bit.ly/4lbdTId
Super happy to have hosted Tathagata Biswas from @stowersinstitute.bsky.social to present his beautiful work on the fun model system cavefish..
Excited to share with our institute members at NCCU the fascinating evo-devo biology work and grateful to all for the support🙏😀
Excited to share with our institute members at NCCU the fascinating evo-devo biology work and grateful to all for the support🙏😀
May 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Super happy to have hosted Tathagata Biswas from @stowersinstitute.bsky.social to present his beautiful work on the fun model system cavefish..
Excited to share with our institute members at NCCU the fascinating evo-devo biology work and grateful to all for the support🙏😀
Excited to share with our institute members at NCCU the fascinating evo-devo biology work and grateful to all for the support🙏😀
First DevBio GRC.. brain and heart both are full 🥰🥰 so much neat science..amazing folks/lovely friends..new techniques n systems..one beautiful experience🙏😍 Thankses thanskes @swathiarur.bsky.social n @analiahr.bsky.social Anatasia et al fa this amazing conference time😀 #DevBioGRC #SelfieShenanigans
April 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
First DevBio GRC.. brain and heart both are full 🥰🥰 so much neat science..amazing folks/lovely friends..new techniques n systems..one beautiful experience🙏😍 Thankses thanskes @swathiarur.bsky.social n @analiahr.bsky.social Anatasia et al fa this amazing conference time😀 #DevBioGRC #SelfieShenanigans
Reposted by Zainab Afzal
Such a privilege to have organized GRC DB as Chair. I loved working with the GRS chairs, Ana Hernandez @analiahr.bsky.social and Anastasia. Congratulations Vice Chairs, Christian Mosimann @chrmosimann.bsky.social and Kat Hadjantonakis, and Chairs, Kathy Cheah and Ani Kicheva! Join GRC DB in 2027!
April 4, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Such a privilege to have organized GRC DB as Chair. I loved working with the GRS chairs, Ana Hernandez @analiahr.bsky.social and Anastasia. Congratulations Vice Chairs, Christian Mosimann @chrmosimann.bsky.social and Kat Hadjantonakis, and Chairs, Kathy Cheah and Ani Kicheva! Join GRC DB in 2027!
Reposted by Zainab Afzal
It was an honour to contribute to the #DevelopmentalBiology community! Congratulations to Zainab Afzal
@xainabafzal.bsky.social and Akshada Shankar Ganesh on being elected 2027 GRS DB chairs!
@xainabafzal.bsky.social and Akshada Shankar Ganesh on being elected 2027 GRS DB chairs!
Such a privilege to have organized GRC DB as Chair. I loved working with the GRS chairs, Ana Hernandez @analiahr.bsky.social and Anastasia. Congratulations Vice Chairs, Christian Mosimann @chrmosimann.bsky.social and Kat Hadjantonakis, and Chairs, Kathy Cheah and Ani Kicheva! Join GRC DB in 2027!
April 4, 2025 at 4:06 AM
It was an honour to contribute to the #DevelopmentalBiology community! Congratulations to Zainab Afzal
@xainabafzal.bsky.social and Akshada Shankar Ganesh on being elected 2027 GRS DB chairs!
@xainabafzal.bsky.social and Akshada Shankar Ganesh on being elected 2027 GRS DB chairs!